What is a deferred tax liability and why might one be created?

What is a deferred tax liability and why might one be created?

Priyanka Trainee Asked on December 31, 2014 in Taxes.
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Simply put, it is the difference of amount of Tax Payable between tax computed as per Income Tax Act and as per Companies Act. It can be for many reasons, one of them being depreciation, which is treated differently in these two acts.

Suveer Sachdeva Financial Analyst Answered on January 1, 2015.
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In simple words, deferred tax liability is provision for future taxation.

nitish Trainee Answered on January 1, 2015.
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